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Narrator: Do not attempt the techniques you are
about to see without consulting a professional.
On this episode of Dog Whisperer.
Nicole Maples: We wanted to get Britney and Buddy to be
friends.
Every once in a while Britney would go after him.
And it's completely unpredictable.
I don't let them together any more.
One goes in the bedroom, one goes in the crate.
It does get very overwhelming.
Especially having two jobs.
And going to school full time.
And trying to deal with the dog.
It takes over your life.
Rose Bizon: Boo has some severe aggression issues.
He's bitten us, bitten other people.
He has drawn blood before.
Especially when I trim his nails.
Jerry Bizon: Once he gets started, it's on.
It's like a light switch, he just snaps and he's a
totally different dog.
Narrator: When good dogs go bad,
there's one man who's their best friend, Cesar Millan.
Cesar Millan: No dog is too much for me to handle.
I rehabilitate dogs.
I train people.
I am the Dog Whisperer.
Nicole Maples: I'm a fulltime student at Cal
Poly San Luis Obispo.
Meryl and I were co-managers of the swine
unit at Cal Poly.
Meryl Cohen: We're responsible for everything
with the pigs from feeding, maintaining the property,
the barns, breeding, all vaccinations.
Nicole Maples: I really like the pigs,
I've always been really into them.
Growing up in middle school and high school,
I always raised pigs and took them to fair and
showed them.
Narrator: After growing up in the country surrounded
by animals and family pets, Nicole wanted a dog to call
her own.
So, she adopted a puppy from a local shelter in
2002.
Nicole Maples: Britney is a genius.
She can do more tricks than I can name.
She's learned to open the ice chest and get a drink
out and bring it to me and shut the ice chest.
She can play dead, and she can high five, high ten,
crawl, bow.
The older dogs that my parents owned,
she didn't get along with them.
After about a year of having her,
it started getting worse, she'd start barking at
people.
Started getting worse towards other dogs.
She lunges, barks, snarls, If someone comes to the
door and knocks, Britney loses it.
Her hair stands up and she and snarls.
Meryl Cohen: I did think Nicole was a little nuts
for having an aggressive dog like that.
Nicole Maples: When I met Clinton, my boyfriend,
he had Buddy.
Clinton Campbell: Buddy is hyper and playful.
Sometimes he can be stubborn, but all in all,
he's a pretty good dog.
If Britney didn't like me, there's no way I could keep
Nicole, so I had to make the dog like me.
Nicole Maples: He threw Cheez-Its at her.
Clinton Campbell: An hour later,
she ended up liking me.
Nicole Maples: We wanted to get Britney and Buddy to be
friends.
Every once in a while she would go after him.
And the hard thing is, it's completely unpredictable.
Narrator: Nicole was home alone when Britney
unexpectedly attacked Buddy.
Nicole Maples: It was a really bad fight.
I couldn't break them up.
Clinton Campbell: It lasted 15 minutes or so,
Buddy almost killed her.
It was hard, cause I couldn't do nothing,
you know, I just, on the phone, nothin' I could do.
Nicole Maples: Since that day being by myself,
I don't let them together any more.
I call it Musical Dogs.
One's in the crate, one's in the backyard.
One goes in the bedroom, one can go in the yard,
that one goes in the crate.
Buddy goes everywhere with me.
He goes to both my jobs with me,
he's at the swine unit with me.
He hangs out and runs around.
And it breaks my heart, cause she has to stay here.
I've tried to do the techniques that I've picked
up from Cesar.
I tried the doggie Prozac.
Clinton Campbell: Sometimes I thought that Nicole
should put Britney down because she is so mean.
Nicole Maples: It does get very overwhelming.
Especially having two jobs.
And going to school full time.
And trying to deal with the dog.
It takes over your life.
I hope that Cesar can help Britney be able to relax
while people are around.
Meryl Cohen: I can't imagine living like that
and hope Cesar can fix that for her.
Cesar Millan: Nicole, how can I help you?
Nicole Maples: I have two dogs.
My first dog is Britney.
She's got really bad aggression.
Cesar Millan: Why do you say that?
Nicole Maples: 'Cause it's really bad.
I met my boyfriend, Clinton,
and he had already had Buddy.
One night she went after him and they got in a fight
here.
Cesar Millan: What triggered that attack?
Nicole Maples: I have no idea.
It seems like she gets anxious,
she gets really anxious and then she'll just go after
him.
Cesar Millan: She releases that on him.
Nicole Maples: I think so.
She's scared of everything.
She's scared of the rain.
Any type of popping, like loud pop like fireworks.
Cesar Millan: So the attacks are buildups of all
that nervousness, of fear and anxiety that goes
through her.
And the only outlet that she has found is to attack.
You know, the energy gets out of her,
you know what I mean?
Okay, so let's don't focus so much on the aggression.
Let's focus on helping this girl to,
to at least feel comfortable with
simplicity.
Rain, simplest thing in the world.
You know what I mean?
It's actually, I love when rain comes,
because the pack gets frisky.
They don't get nervous.
They start biting, you know, the rain,
they go in the puddles of water, they roll over.
Oh, they love it.
They love it!
It's just a celebration of rain.
So that will be my goal right here, you know,
how can I help this dog to celebrate mother nature
instead of being afraid of mother nature,
which is not the nature at the end.
And aggression is the outcome of something wrong.
You know what I mean?
We have a case of a nervous dog, possibly very fearful.
And because of that he doesn't trust.
You know, so if he doesn't trust, how can we lead him?
One thing is just to be fearful.
Right?
It's one simple thing.
Then, anxiety is another thing.
And, and anger is another thing.
So imagine if you can feel all of them combined and
fuse them, it's not a good cocktail.
So I want to make sure that the human in you, you know,
see it to believe it.
You know, we're visual, you know, yeah
you can hear it,
but once you see it, it's like, becomes real.
So then from there we're gong to move into how
can we help her to not feel so sensitive about
simplicity.
Narrator: Cesar decides to meet Britney alone to get a
firsthand look at the nature of her
aggressiveness.
He brings a shield in the form of his trusty tennis
racquet to create a buffer between himself and
Britney.
Cesar Millan: So now I have to guard camera guys,
everybody.
I'm gonna protect them, I'm gonna,
I'm gonna do exactly what she's doing to the
environment, but in this case, I'm protecting my,
my crew here.
Through the years I have learned to,
to work with other people around me.
I have learned to create a bubble for,
for the Dog Whisperer team, cause dogs like Britney,
they can automatically redirect that behavior
towards anybody in my pack.
So I have to claim my pack.
Narrator: Cesar uses another entrance to the
backyard to see if this has any noticeable effect on
Britney's level of aggression.
Cesar Millan: Now this is what I wanted to see.
See that?
That's an uncertain, that's unsure.
This is why, this is the layers that she's been
collecting.
It's like to, to make this, to make this floor,
you need layers of wood.
For her to become as bad as she became,
she needs layers of that.
That's in, she's, to me that's a cry for help,
right there.
She is unsure.
There we go.
So we gotta keep her in there, there we go,
she just, don't let her come this way.
You say, "You're going to be able to challenge me,
or should I just bite you?"
I say, "no, I'm going to be able to challenge you."
That's when I saw that she was actually a nervous,
territorial dog.
So I took her territory away,
then I work on her insecurity.
Watch out, really fast.
So we're just following her around, say look,
it's not that we want to take the power away from
you, we actually want to give you the power of
peace.
Very nice.
Right now as you see, Britney is going from one
place to another place, right.
And if we had an aggressive dog,
she would redirect that aggression to one of the
cameras.
Because she's playing a territorial game, I think,
I think it will be ideal that we remove her from her
territory so we can really get to know each other,
and I bring into another territory.
We're close to my friend Cheri Lucas.
Bring her into her pack, get into reading me so she
can gravitate to me.
Narrator: When we return, Britney's bad behavior
rachets up a notch when Nichole enters the picture.
Cesar Millan: Stay tuned for more Dog Whisperer
on Nat Geo Wild.
Narrator: College student Nicole Maples thinks she
has an aggressive pit bull mix,
but Cesar believes that her dog Britney attacks other
dogs to release pent up anxiety and fear.
As soon as Cesar invites Nicole into the backyard,
he discovers another trigger for Britney's
territorial barking.
Cesar Millan: See, the changes,
now what she's doing is, "This is my pack."
Nicole Maples: When I first went out with Cesar in the
backyard, Britney started acting up a lot more as
soon as I got out there.
Cesar Millan: She's gonna do exactly what she's done
with the environment, all right?
So what I'm going to do is, she's definitely she's
stronger with you being here.
The dog tell you the reality and the owner tell
you the story.
"My owner is insecure, she's tense,
she can be dominant, but she doesn't know how to
follow thorough."
All the conversation came out when Britney and Nicole
were together.
See, it took less than a minute for me to know the
truth.
Turn around and face, and say whatever you want to
say with authority.
Nicole Maples: To her?
Cesar Millan: Yeah.
Nicole Maples: Quiet!
Ah, ah, sit!
Cesar Millan: That's better.
So now we are both in sync.
You know?
Earlier, because you didn't say anything,
and then she took it as.
Nicole Maples: Ah, ah, sit!
Cesar Millan: One thing you have to do,
see position means a lot.
So make sure she goes a little bit behind you.
Nicole Maples: Hey, get back!
Brit!
Ah, ah!
When she went to one of the camera guys,
is when I started to get a little bit more nervous and
I can tell it changed, because then she didn't
listen to me as well after that.
Hey!
Brit!
Cesar Millan: Go ahead.
Nicole Maples: Hey, ah, ah!
Cesar Millan: Nicole was able to begin the
discipline ritual, but not finish.
So Britney feels lost, you know,
feels a sense of uncertainness.
In the eye of a dog, a pack leader begins and finish.
If Nicole doesn't finish and then Britney have to
take over.
Nicole Maples: Down!
Now!
Ah-ah!
Down.
Cesar Millan: That's, touch right there.
Nicole Maples: Now!
Narrator: Since Nicole's presence distracts Britney,
Cesar asks Nicole to go back inside before he
begins the process of removing the dog to neutral
territory.
Cesar Millan: See, that's probably what she saw,
Nicole, in the beginning.
That uncertain, look at that, the nervousness,
see that's what we have to help her to remove.
A nervous dog can be more dangerous than a dominant
dog.
This is remarkable because now we have two camera
guys, a sound guy, a PA guy, a director,
right in front of us, look what state of mind she's in
right now.
We just moved away from her house.
So if she lives with me for a day,
this is where she's going to be.
This is the state of mind she's going to be living
in, which is a vacation, it's absolutely a vacation.
The dog became totally relaxed and totally
peaceful when I hold the leash.
Britney respond immediately.
That just show us, you know,
who Britney really is.
In her house, she charge Chris, you know,
but right here, she's walking right next to
Chris, so that is the beauty of working with
somebody who lives in the now, look at the camera.
Now, now she's smiling for the camera.
I'm super excited that Cesar wanted to take her.
Um, I think that's what she needs,
obviously I'm a big part of the problem,
so he'll be able to figure out what it is and then be
able to help me so we can all get past this.
Bringing her to Second Chance Humane Society,
it just makes sense to put her around balanced dogs so
we can really study her.
The goal is very simple.
I want to now study her with this pack of dogs,
how she's going to react.
The more I show her that nothing bad will happen,
the more her nervousness goes away.
This is Second Chance Humane Society,
which is a place that my friend Cheri Lucas own and
runs.
Cheri Lucas: I got a call from Cesar asking if he
could come up and bring Britney to work with my
pack and I thought, that would be great.
Because I always love putting my pack to the test
with a new dog.
Cesar Millan: See that skittishness,
that nervousness.
See those dogs over there?
We have two dogs in a way saying, "Pick me, pick me!"
The other guys, they want to participate, excited,
dominant.
Britney will become extremely overwhelmed.
You know, she was already uncertain so I don't want
to increase that.
So I needed to choose dogs who were in a better state.
They're charging.
All right, so what we seeing here is how she
reacts to this kind of energy.
Is she going to be aggressive,
is she gonna be, you know, excited,
is she gonna be tense.
She's nervous.
She's being very consistent about showing her nervous
side, which is really the cause of the aggression.
It's a little nervous, but curious.
We want this.
They're curious, that's why I picked them from far away
because they were curious from the beginning,
they were in a still position,
and that can help her, see, she feels more comfortable
with them.
That's why she came to the fence.
The reason why he's mounting her is because
she's weak, see it?
It's nervous.
Some dogs pin each other down,
some dogs confront the other dog, chest to chest,
the head on the top of the shoulder.
The, some others, when they see a weak dog in front of
them, the way they want to help is by mounting them.
So this is what this yellow Labrador is offering to
her.
Look, see now, when, when he's not trying to mount
her, she's fine with him.
We chose a dog that fall in love with Britney for love
first sight.
When we came in, it was 36 dogs saying, "who are you?"
Now that we have the okay from one of the pack
members, see, that means, "You're okay."
So right now I'm going to join him,
I'm going to join him.
So I'm going to let her know.
Just let him do that to you.
I saw a dog right away, "come over here,
we will help you."
That's what I saw.
And obviously I picked the right one.
See, she feels good.
So, tomorrow what we gonna do is we gonna put a pack
together.
Nothing better than a pack of dogs to help one dog.
See you tomorrow!
Narrator: Britney gets her own second chance when she
begins her rehabilitation, next on the Dog Whisperer.
Then, a dog named Boo haunts his owners with his
truly terrifying level of aggression.
Narrator: As dawn breaks at the Second Chance at Love
Humane Society, Cesar and colleague Cheri Lucas
select the best canine companions to join the
dog aggressive Britney on her first pack walk.
Cesar Millan: Our tool right now is the
environment and the pack we have, and Cheri and myself.
That's, that's a perfect supporting pack.
So that's the tool.
You don't always need physical tools, you know,
especially in this situation,
we have environment and we have an amazing pack.
Her lover is already waiting for her.
So he's going to do the introduction to the other
members of the pack, you know, look at, look at,
he already, "Look, I know this girl,
let me introduce you to her."
You know?
And as you see, she is gravitating to me,
trusting that I'm going to be able to help her in
just, help her to deal with this new day.
That's initiation, you let them do a little bit of
that, it's like the Rottweiler now is also
attracted to her.
So at this point there's nothing to feel worried
about, fearful about, tense about.
You know, you just give distance and supervise.
The pack is doing what they're supposed to do.
These guys will be amazing family members.
Come on, Britney!
Come on Britney!
Look at her!
Again, she's gravitating to the pack.
We are her pack now.
Narrator: Cesar and Cheri bring the pack to a large
enclosed field, a perfect place for Britney to learn
how to interact peacefully with other dogs.
Cesar Millan: Come on, follow me so we can find
his girlfriend.
I think she will benefit from your, you know,
knowledge and how to handle the situation.
Bring her in here, you know,
cause she's never seen her in this kind of scenario.
The work here is just Nicole.
Nicole needs the support, and Nicole needs Cheri.
Cheri is going to help Nicole to follow through.
That's all she needs to do.
And then the whole rehabilitation gets done.
Nicole is here, she's hiding right behind a tree.
And again, it's the whole point of see it to believe
it.
See, she picking up on the scent right now.
She knows she's here.
Nicole Maples: When there were all the people in the
yard, and all the dogs with Britney and I was hiding
behind the tree, just watching, it was,
I was trying not to get really excited,
but it was exciting, I was excited for her.
She did look like she was smiling.
She looked very happy and just free.
Cesar Millan: We're going to see what is her reaction
based on the scent, does she changes, see,
she became, she knows where the scent is coming from.
There you go, there you go.
In a super calm assertive way, just come in,
don't touch her.
See that, see that's, don't walk away,
just walk towards her.
Extremely high level of excitement.
That's why she can't acknowledge that state.
Just keep coming, keep coming.
Keep coming.
Cheri Lucas: I was really happy and grateful that I
have a rehabilitated pack, thanks to working with
Cesar all these years.
It's such a cool dynamic to see a group of dogs that
were at one time were totally unbalanced,
that have now turned their behavior around to the
point that they can actually assist Cesar to
rehabilitate one of his clients' dogs.
Cesar Millan: Hey!
So I think the idea will be for you to come and learn a
little bit more and, in a more neutral territory for
you, you know, where she is not in control.
And then you go back and claim your own territory,
which Cheri can totally also help you.
When you were doing your discipline ritual,
you have 50% of what it takes,
but then you don't know how to finish it.
Nicole Maples: When Cesar was telling me that I'm 50%
there, it, it makes sense, because I can usually stop
her, but then she goes back to doing what she's doing.
So, I do need the help to be able to finish what I'm
starting.
Cesar Millan: Do you believe it?
I said, do you believe it?
She said, The goal here is,
let me see it to believe it.
Let me see my dog behaving with other dogs,
being around people.
Nicole Maples: I'm really looking forward to working
with Cheri.
I'm really excited, it's a great opportunity so that
Britney can have a life.
We can have a life again.
Cesar Millan: Cheri's going to help Nicole how to
follow through, that's all she needs to do,
and then the whole rehabilitation gets done.
Cheri Lucas: The important thing is to get her as calm
and submissive as you possibly can.
And then to watch it, don't let it escalate to the
point you can't turn it around.
Nicole Maples: I'm excited to get to the point where I
can keep improving my energy,
improve with being able to follow through with
Britney, having her be calm, submissive,
relaxed all the time so that my dogs can live
together and I can quit playing musical dogs!
Narrator: Coming up.
Rose Bizon: Boo has some severe aggression issues.
I can't even count the amount of times that Boo
has bitten me.
Rose Bizon: We started searching through local
rescues.
Jerry Bizon: We saw him online and read
about him and thought he was really cute.
He was only eight weeks old,
so he was a little puppy.
Rose Bizon: And when I first saw Boo,
it was pure excitement, and just butterflies in our
stomach.
Jerry Bizon: That was it, we saw him and we fell in
love with him.
Rose Bizon: When we first got Boo,
we applied a lot of things that we saw on The Dog
Whisperer.
We would walk through the threshold of the door
first.
We would claim the food before we actually fed him.
Boo has actually changed my whole life.
I got a job at a doggie day care,
I adopted a second dog, and I'm just 100% into the
doggie lifestyle, rescuing dogs, working with dogs,
learning about their behavior.
And it actually has enriched my life.
Jerry Bizon: Boo is a very loving dog 98% of the time.
Rose Bizon: We started noticing Boo was getting a
little timid around his food,
as well as other people.
Jerry Bizon: We would notice a little bit of
growling with Boo and he would show his teeth a
little bit.
Rose Bizon: I was walking Boo in the neighborhood.
We came across a stray dog.
and Boo took off after him before I could even think
about what was going on.
The dog got across the street, but Boo got hit.
After that point, the aggression seemed to get
even worse.
Jerry Bizon: He crouches down and he looks at you
from the side.
And then the lip starts going up a little bit.
And then once he gets started, it's on.
It's like a light switch, he just snaps and he's a
totally different dog.
I don't even recognize him.
Rose Bizon: I, I can't even count the amount of times
that Boo has bitten me.
Um, he has drawn blood before.
Especially when I apply flea medication or trim his
nails.
If you call him over, he knows something is up
immediately.
Jerry Bizon: Wait, Boo sit.
Boo no.
Rose Bizon: Boo has bitten several other people.
My friend Angie was over.
She gave him one treat, he was fine.
Two treats, Boo was fine.
The third treat, he lunged at her face and bit her
right above her eye.
Jerry Bizon: I didn't want to give up on him.
We decided, well we love Boo,
we're definitely going to keep him and we're going to
do whatever it takes to work through this.
Rose Bizon: I hope Cesar can help Boo get to a point
where he is more trusting of us and other people.
He's nervous, he's unhappy, he's scared that people are
going to hurt him.
That's not a good doggie life.
Cesar Millan: All right, so how can I help you?
Rose Bizon: Well, our dog Boo has some severe
aggression issues.
We think are fear based.
And he's bitten us, bitten other people.
Say I'm trying to clip his nails,
trying to apply flea medication to Boo.
He'll usually get agitated, show his teeth and bite or
lunge.
Jerry Bizon: He doesn't trust us.
I think that's a big part of the issue,
and he doesn't trust other people, definitely.
Cesar Millan: Would you say that he's tense?
Jerry Bizon: Very tense.
Rose Bizon: Yes.
Jerry Bizon: He's always thinking.
He doesn't relax.
Our other dog, Daisy, she's just happy go lucky,
hangs out.
Boo is looking around all the time,
his eyes are always moving, he's thinking about
everything.
And he's so aware of everything around him.
And we're like, "relax."
Cesar Millan: So we have tension, sensitivity.
Right?
And fear, sounds like it.
That will be for me the source of his instability.
I don't focus on the bite, I focus what triggers the
bite.
Rose Bizon: They go to work with me,
I work at a doggie day care,
so then they get like a lot of stimulation there.
Cesar Millan: The only thing about doggie day care
is the amount of excitement they live in.
So for a dog like your dog, it's best for him to
practice more relaxed activities,
such as the walks.
So by him being nervous at home, tense,
or not trusting the humans that he lives with, that,
that puts him on edge.
And that's who he is.
So when he goes into a population of dogs,
he knows that other dogs can sense his weakness and
attack or run away from him,
which more likely in the predator world,
they attack.
You know.
In the middle of the consultation,
the UPS guy came, and I got to see how Boo reacts from
somebody knocking on the door or ringing the bell.
I can't let her run away or pass me.
The only reaction I want from her is a calm,
submissive reaction.
Narrator: Cesar asks to have someone knock on the
door again, this time so he can observe how Rose
handles Boo's nervous reaction.
Cesar Millan: Wait, he sit down, watch this.
Tsst!
Wait, wait, wait.
Let me snap him out of it.
That's this, see that's just nervous, okay.
So he's nervous, but at the same time he's caught up
into that, Tsst!
Rose Bizon: I feel like it's a relief knowing that
it's not dominance/ aggression,
that he is actually fearful and doesn't trust us a
hundred percent.
We need to work on mending that relationship and that
trust again.
Cesar Millan: So the next step,
just to keep Rose and Jerry in the same state is to
bring my two guys.
The more I see Boo in action,
the more I see that he is actually a more follower
state, meaning more submissive.
The less they know, the less they anticipate.
And then we gonna take it from here.
It all begins here.
So the dogs tells you what's the energy on the
other side.
It's obviously not a nervous, tense,
aggressive energy, so Daddy and Junior staying calm.
Look at Junior's reaction, he's not reacting like
Daddy did.
So he's a little bit more like unsure about what to
do.
That's why he's getting, you know,
feedback from Daddy.
Narrator: Bringing Daddy and Junior onto Boo's turf
gives Cesar the opportunity to teach the Bizons how to
handle their dog in a social setting.
Cesar Millan: Don't worry about it,
don't worry about it.
See that's, don't worry about it.
Rose Bizon: We saw how Cesar interfered any time
Boo would get a little bit aggressive towards Junior.
Cesar Millan: Don't worry, don't worry.
Every time I bring my pack into somebody's house,
it's a back and forth help.
You know, a fearful dog is gonna help my dogs to
understand what to do with a fearful dog.
And a fearful dog is going to learn to react different
when he's around balanced dogs.
So nobody finished with empty pockets here.
If you notice, he went after Junior, right?
And Junior, behind the door he was a little uncertain.
But Junior was more in a submissive state, you know,
so that's why Junior became the target.
Look, in the space, that's alright.
Again, that nervous reaction.
Thanks for blocking.
Tsst!
There we go, right there.
Boo has a particular strategy that he uses to
empower himself.
He hides behind people or he hides under furniture.
And so if he does this behavior,
and he is in a nervous state or unsure state,
let's get him out, calm submissive state,
and then just walk away.
Cesar Millan: Every time he feels like he doesn't' know
what to do, you have to tell him, look,
just go back to calm, submissive state.
Jerry Bizon: And then walk away,
and then he knows by you walking away that's what
you wanted from him.
Rose Bizon: That he's in the right state of mind.
Cesar Millan: Because that's what dogs do.
So I'm gaining trust by removing fear,
and I'm gaining respect by creating submission.
Narrator: Next, Boo gets the full spa treatment from
Cesar.
Cesar Millan: If you think your dog has problems, stay tuned
for more amazing Dog Whisperer
stories here on Nat Geo Wild.
Narrator: Cesar takes Boo on an energy draining
rollerblading trip around the neighborhood before
starting the nail clipping exercise.
For safety, Rose puts a muzzle on Boo before she
and Cesar begin to clip his nails.
Cesar Millan: I knew that the nails was gonna give us
the worst case scenario.
In his belief, the nail clipping is about not
trusting and not respecting anybody.
I wanted to give him the opposite.
I wanted to give him the relaxed ritual, you know,
the spa.
Narrator: Cesar offers Boo food to see if this treat
will have a calming effect on the dog.
Cesar Millan: Right now he's more visual than
anything else, so he's not even picking up on the
scent.
Normally the dog picks up on the scent and right away
goes to where that scent is coming from.
So right now the brain is not using the nose to
analyze what is, what is around.
The hiding, the rubbing, you know, not allowing,
see.
Rose Bizon: Now that's rare.
Cesar Millan: That's rare, yeah.
So, he's not going to take the food,
so we're going to move into the next step.
I'm going to present something that she,
that he is familiar.
Boo is already not trusting Jerry and Rose.
He's already there.
Instead of focusing on what I was creating,
he was focusing on what he create.
He was not able to take himself away from that
conversation.
Tsst!
Explosion.
Not to take it personal.
That was an explosion.
Look, see how he's holding his head away from the
ground?
Touch right here, look how hard he is right here,
feel how hard he is?
As soon as he, as soon as he put,
as soon as he gives in, here you're going to feel a
more relaxed.
Tsst!
Yeah, see it.
Jerry Bizon: I was nervous because he was acting
afraid and, and breathing heavily.
I kinda internalized that and humanized that and felt
bad for him.
Cesar Millan: See, a lot of dogs,
when they practice tension, this part here is going to
be like, like a rock.
This will be much better than a treat.
Look at that, see it?
See how he just.
Rose Bizon: Even his face looks different.
Cesar Millan: I think Jerry was more confused,
because we have a dog that is so explosive, you know,
so on the edge of biting or running away,
for that matter, that I needed to have the closest
thing to calm, assertive energy, and that was Rose.
Just hold it.
That is, if you don't' mind, that's okay.
Jerry Bizon: That's okay?
Cesar Millan: Yeah, the barking's perfectly fine.
Daisy did a good job, to tell you the truth.
You know, I always come to the environment and get fed
from what is available for me as a helper.
I use them as my support system.
That was my pack.
I adopt that pack for the day.
You see when he relaxed, she stopped.
He gets, you know, in that state, see they switch.
And she's not thinking, she just reacting to what,
and she's actually helping.
When you did that little jumping thing,
you made him tense.
So if you were to hold him and just moved the clipper
like that, and then he would,
he would interpret it as a very calm approach.
So the moment you switch from this vibe to, that,
they get it.
So what we need to do is go back,
and start all over again.
Rose Bizon: Okay.
Cesar Millan: This is perfect,
you just go to the next.
Narrator: When a fearful, anxious dog like Boo needs
his nails trimmed, Cesar believes that patience is
the key to success.
Cesar Millan: See the pupil?
That's more catch.
Yeah, huge.
Not yet, so we're going to wait.
There we go.
There we go.
Beautiful, that was a good grab.
Let me have it.
Rose became a team player,
Rose totally sync with me, we were in the same
frequency.
She was able to tap into my world and stay in my world
and allow me to lead her.
To be a good leader, you have to be a good follower.
Don't touch.
That's good.
Tsst, relax.
Steady motion, steady hands.
Very good, steady hand.
That's it, beautiful, beautiful, look at that.
There you go.
Beautiful, that's it that was the move.
That was the move.
See it?
It's not three humans anymore, it's one human.
Hey, relax.
Very good, steady hand.
Again, there you go.
And then remove it, there we go.
Now come back, drop the thing and give affection.
Jerry Bizon: This is gonna take some time and practice
and patience to.
Cesar Millan: I think you need it.
Rose Bizon: I'm planning on asserting a calm energy to
him at all times, not losing my patience,
not becoming angry, and hopefully that will reflect
on his personality and his mind.
Cesar Millan: Tsst!
Hey!
Hey!
Here we have Jerry and Rose,
that whatever you tell them, they say,
"Let's do it."
So they were already open.
They were in a calm, submissive state already.
It is always great to say, "I have a problem,
but I'm already ready to listen and follow what you
say."
Jerry Bizon: It's getting better.
Cesar Millan: Yeah, and that was,
that was our second time.
look, third time.
The first time always takes longer because you're
setting, you're setting a pattern.
You know what I mean?
Which pattern is it, trust or distrust?
Rose Bizon: Cesar gave us the tools to feel like we
could help Boo work through those situations where he
feels fearful and feels that he needs to act out in
aggression.
Cesar Millan: So, you know, we waited for the right
moment, clip, we hold on, waited for the right moment
and then massage.
Jerry Bizon: Teamwork is an absolute must if we're
going to train Boo to become better,
I can't just do it and her not do it, or vice versa.
We both have to do it, because what he needs is
consistency.
And that has to be done with teamwork.
Cesar Millan: Perfect.
Thank you so much, appreciate it guys.
Rose Bizon: Thank you so much, you were wonderful.
Cesar Millan: People are often amazed when dogs
change their behavior right before their eyes,
but to me that's because dogs live in the moment and
are always ready to go back to being balanced.
Nicole Maples: It's only been about a month,
and we've been making good progress;
we go out and we don't bark at everybody anymore.
We've definitely had a lot of comments from friends
and family already and the large improvement that
we've already gotten in such a short amount of
time.
Thank you Cesar.
Cesar Millan: Way to go Nicole,
I knew you could do it.
Rose Bizon: Good boy!
Cesar Millan: Rose and Jerry report that they have
made progress with Boo.
Rose Bizon: We've seen huge progress.
He's been barking less.
The nail clipping is still a work in progress but
we're in it for the long haul.
We've been applying everything that you've
taught us and it's really been working and we've
really turned a corner with Boo.
Thanks again, Cesar.
Cesar Millan: Remember, a good pack leader is the
most important ingredient in the recipe for creating
a great dog.